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Ifyou are a private landowner in a NHA, nothing happens to you. Despite the rantings of some, your rights do not change one bit.

NHA's are about as passive as one can get. NHA's are run by Private Organizations and they have absolutely no Legislative power. NHA's cannot condemn land nor can they make any zoning decisions. By law, No Federal NHA money can be used to buy land. They are not National Parks, they are more of a program to link together willing public/private historic or cultural sites and increase tourism.

NHA's are harmless to private property owners. They were designed with the intention to protect private property rights. If you live in an NHA, your life and rights are unchanged. NHA's are also dependant on local support, if local people don't want it, it goes away. Any municipality can opt out of the program or decide not to be included from the beginning.

Private property rights are very important but NHA's are not really a threat to that. Folks need to pick more important battles than this one. Personally, I beleive NHA's are a good thing.